Prices, margins and Canadian leagues

Our Sportsbook: The Leagues We Price and How Our Numbers Are Built

Hockey anchors the board, four more North American leagues sit around it and seven soccer competitions run alongside. We'll cover the bet types, convert the three odds formats, point at where our margin hides, and say plainly what cash out costs you.

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Our board is built around what Canadians watch. Hockey goes deepest, the CFL sits beside the NFL rather than under it, and soccer stands on its own.

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No separate betting sign-up, no second password, no sports wallet. The sign-in you already use opens both halves, and a fresh deposit will settle a hockey slip or feed a reel with nothing moved in between. That's the honest case for a combined account, and the honest cost too: friction that once separated two activities has gone. Ceilings and payout times match either way — see our cashier.

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Hockey is the market we expect to be judged on.

The NHL runs all season and widens sharply in the playoffs. The moneyline asks only who wins, overtime and shootout included unless stated. Scoring is low and results cluster, so two decent sides often sit close in price.

The puck line is where hockey stops behaving like football: a handicap pinned at ±1.5 goals rather than one that floats. Favourites must win by a clear two; an underdog covers by losing narrowly, reaching overtime or winning. Since the handicap can't move, the price carries the adjustment — and an enormous number are settled by an empty net.

Totals use half-goal increments, ruling out a push. Period markets treat each twenty minutes as its own contest. Props cover points, assists, shots and anytime scorer — shots price steadily on ice time, while anytime scorer swings wildly.

Every league we price, the markets that carry it, and the one detail in each sport that changes how a number should be read.
LeagueMarkets that carry itThe quirk worth knowing
NHLMoneyline, puck line, totals, periods, propsAn empty net decides a huge share of puck lines
NBAHalf-point spreads, moneyline, totals, quarters, propsBlowouts are routine, so moneylines stretch a long way
MLBMoneyline, run line, half-run totals, first five inningsA late change of starting pitcher can void or reprice a bet
NFLSpread, moneyline, totals, quarters, halvesMargins pile up on 3 and 7, so half a point there is dear
CFLSpread, moneyline, totals, Grey Cup futuresThe rouge scatters margins, so NFL key numbers don't transfer
Soccer × 71X2, double chance, both teams to score, handicaps, cardsA third outcome lengthens every price and widens our margin

Three downs change what a CFL number means.

We price both codes, and treating them as one sport in different jerseys is expensive. The markets look identical on the slip; the games underneath don't.

  • Three attempts, not four. One fewer down to make ten yards pushes offences toward the pass and toward punting sooner, so possession turns over faster.
  • A larger field, twelve a side. Space favours the offence, and totals sit above where an NFL habit would put them.
  • The rouge. A single point when certain kicks aren't run out of the end zone — found nowhere else, and it injects odd numbers into scorelines built on threes and sevens.

So key numbers don't carry over. NFL margins bunch at 3 and 7 because field goals and touchdowns produce them repeatedly, making half a point valuable. Singles scatter Canadian results, so that half-point buys less.

Basketball and baseball fill out the calendar.

The NBA is the highest-scoring league we price and the most granular: half-point spreads, deep prop menus, and a pace that makes it our strongest in-play sport.

Baseball inverts it. The moneyline leads, the run line is pinned at ±1.5 like the puck line, and totals move in half-run steps. Starting pitchers carry much of the price, so depending on the market, a late scratch either voids your bet or leaves it against a replacement.

Soccer prices a third outcome, and the rest follows.

Seven competitions sit here: the Premier League and Champions League, then La Liga, Serie A, the Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and MLS. Everything structural comes from one fact: a league match can finish level. North American markets divide probability two ways; 1X2 divides it three. Favourites price longer than a hockey equivalent, and our margin spreads across three selections rather than two, which makes it harder to spot.

The rest of the menu works around that draw. Double chance covers two outcomes for a short price. Both teams to score ignores the winner. Asian handicap removes the draw with a goal line, sometimes in quarter-goal steps that split your stake. Correct score pays long because plausible scorelines are many, goals pivot on 2.5, and goalscorer markets often void when a named player doesn't start. In a knockout tie, a bet on the match is not a bet on the tie.

Singles, multiples and systems carry the margin differently.

A single stands alone. A multiple folds several picks into one bet where every leg must land and the prices multiply. A system covers the smaller combinations inside your picks, so a partial slate still pays back.

Here's the part worth internalising: our margin lives inside each leg, so combining legs compounds it. Four selections at 1.91 multiply out near 13.3, and the edge has been charged four times over. Long multiples carry the biggest headline returns and the worst value on the board — fun for small money, until a bad week gets answered with a longer one.

Three odds formats, one number underneath.

Prices display as decimal, fractional or American, switched in account settings. Three notations, one probability.

Four worked prices written three ways, with the chance each one is quoting.
DecimalFractionalAmericanChance it implies
2.001/1+10050%
1.501/2−20066.7%
3.002/1+20033.3%
1.9110/11−11052.4%

Decimal is easiest: it contains your stake, so stake times price is the whole return, and one divided by the price gives the implied chance. Fractional quotes profit against stake, and American shows profit on a hundred-dollar stake, or the stake needed to profit a hundred.

That last step is where our income becomes visible. Price both halves of a two-way market at 1.91 and each is quoting 52.4%. Together they come to 104.8%, when a market carrying no margin would come to 100. The 4.8-point difference is the overround, charged inside the odds rather than billed afterwards. It's the betting cousin of the house edge running our live tables, and exotics carry more of it than the main lines.

In-play moves fast, and cash out has a price attached.

Markets open days before kick-off, then reprice continuously once play starts. A goal or a card reshapes the board under you, betting suspends around reviews while we reprice, and acceptance can lag, so a slip may return re-offered. All of which rewards a stable connection — our mobile guide covers what gives way first.

Cash out closes a bet before it settles, at a figure drawn from the current market, on qualifying bets rather than everything. It buys certainty, worth something real when a multiple is down to its last leg. Now the arithmetic, which isn't opinion: that figure is a price we quote, carrying our margin a second time on top of the margin already inside your original odds. Taken systematically, cashing out returns less than letting bets run to settlement.

Betting feels like skill more than it is.

This is the difference between our board and our reels. You watched the game, you know the goaltender has been shaky — so a loss reads as bad luck while a win reads as judgement confirmed. That asymmetry is a documented pattern, not a personal flaw, and it keeps people staking through runs that would have ended a casino session.

Your knowledge is real, and it's already inside the number — we employ traders and move lines on the same news, usually sooner. The failure mode is in the fixture list: there's always another game tonight, so chasing starts easily and shows up late.

In-play betting shortens the gap between an impulse and a stake to a couple of seconds, which is why caps on deposits and losses, plus a session timer, matter more here than anywhere else. Each takes a minute in account settings. Our responsible gambling page explains every control and lists free support across all thirteen provinces and territories, plus the round-the-clock 9-8-8 crisis line.

The betting questions we hear most.

Do I need a second account to place a bet?

No. One registration covers the board and the lobby, and both draw on a single balance with nothing to move between them. Fresh funds are usable on either side immediately, and a settled bet is spendable straight away. Verification and payout times match whichever half you use.

Can I clear the welcome bonus by betting on sport?

No. It is a casino promotion. Wagers on sport add nothing to its requirement, and bonus money cannot back a match while that requirement is open. If your first deposit is meant for the board, turn the offer down and the funds arrive with no cap and no expiry.

What exactly is the puck line?

Hockey's handicap, pinned at one and a half goals. A favourite at minus 1.5 has to win by a clear two. An underdog at plus 1.5 pays if they win, lose narrowly by one, or reach overtime. The handicap never moves, so the price carries the adjustment.

Which leagues do you price?

Hockey, basketball, baseball and both football codes: the NHL, the NBA, the MLB, plus the NFL and CFL. Soccer runs across the Premier League, the Champions League, La Liga, Serie A, the Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and MLS. Markets open before kick-off and continue in play.

Why do CFL and NFL numbers read differently?

Canadian football gives an offence three downs rather than four, on a longer and wider field with twelve a side, and awards a single point when certain kicks are not run out. Fewer downs mean earlier punts, the space lifts scoring, and the point scatters margins.

What does overround mean?

Turn every price in a market into the chance it implies, then add them up. Anything past one hundred per cent is our margin. Two selections quoted at 1.91 come to 104.8 per cent between them, so the overround is 4.8 points, charged inside the odds rather than billed.

Should I take a cash out offer?

Now and then, yes. As a habit, no. The figure we quote is a price rather than a neutral valuation, carrying our margin a second time on top of the one already inside your original odds. Across many bets, cashing out returns less than leaving them to settle.

Are long parlays worth the stake?

They hold the worst expected value on the board. Our margin sits in every leg and compounds as legs are added, so a six-fold pays it six times over. The headline return looks enormous precisely because the true chance is small — entertainment, never a recovery plan.

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Markets before kick-off and during play, across hockey, football, basketball, baseball and seven soccer competitions, on the sign-in and balance you already have.

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